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Decided: Cabinet noted the council's performance in delivering its well-being objectives during Quarter 3 of 2025/26. It endorsed using this performance information to inform decisions on resource allocation and, where needed, corrective action to manage and improve performance.
Decided: Cabinet approved the council's core capital allocation of £4,308,000 (£4,214,000 from the 2026/27 budget and £94,000 carried forward from 2025/26) for the schemes listed in Appendix A. It approved accepting Welsh Government education maintenance grant variations of £1,174,549 and £1,101,140, and the education schemes to be delivered from the £1,777,438 grant for 2026/27. It agreed that the Head of Building Services and Waste, with the Cabinet Member for Service Transformation, will agree how schemes are phased within the approved funding. It agreed to hold back £500,000 as a rolling contingency for unforeseen emergency works, with drawdowns agreed by the Head of Building Services and Waste with the Cabinet Member.
Decided: Cabinet approved the Data Management Strategy and its implementation plan.
Decided: Cabinet approved the Disabled Facilities and Improvement Grant programme, including its financial implications, and included it in the 2026/27 capital budget.
Decided: Cabinet approved ongoing support for the BID renewal ballot and for the BID's future activities if a fifth term is achieved. It approved renewing the BID term and delegated oversight of the ballot returns to the Director of Place. It authorised the Chief Legal Officer to enter service level agreements between the BID and the council, and the Director of Place to renegotiate BID projects. It appointed the Leader and the Cabinet Member for Delivery as voting members of the BID Board, with the City Centre Manager as lead nominated officer. It acknowledged that individual services will remain responsible for the BID levy, which will increase. It acknowledged that the council will cover ballot costs and that other costs, including levy collection, will be met by the BID on full cost recovery by the end of the term, with phasing set by the Director of Finance and the Cabinet Member for Service Transformation.
Decided: Cabinet approved the indicative allocations and financial implications in Appendix A and their inclusion in the capital programme. It delegated authority to the Head of Service for Highways and Transportation, with the agreement of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, to prioritise, finalise and allocate funding to schemes in line with the approach set out in the report.
Decided: Cabinet approved the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.
Decided: Cabinet noted that Welsh Government has approved the council's Transforming Towns Placemaking grant application under the 2025/26 to 2026/27 capital bidding round. It approved adding the grant to the capital programme to deliver the schemes in paragraph 2.2 of the report. It noted that an inter-authority agreement is being prepared so that the council, as lead authority, can distribute the funding regionally, and delegated authority to the Head of Planning and City Regeneration, with the Chief Legal Officer, to sign it. It noted the current position on Transforming Towns loans and delegated authority to the Director of Place, with the Head of Planning and City Regeneration, to approve third-party loan applications and requests to vary loan terms.
Decided: Cabinet approved the funding application and grant award for the Local Places for Nature Challenge Fund. The approved scheme is to be added to the capital programme by the Section 151 Officer, in line with Financial Procedure Rule 7.
Decided: It approved the programme management delegations, the scope of three regional anchor projects and the Economic Growth Fund transition measures, and the proposed Local Growth Fund and Economic Growth Fund budgets. It approved the format and content of Economic Growth Fund governance, and matching the £1.5m UK Government Pride in Place Impact Fund to the placemaking and community section of the Economic Growth Fund. It approved designating the Pride in Place Neighbourhood Programme, and receiving and spending a £150k capacity award to set it up. It noted that further FPR7 reports will come back to Cabinet for capital projects arising from these funds.
Decided: Cabinet approved the FPR7 report. It delegated management of the overall capital budget for replacing devices to the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and the Director of Corporate Services, where there are no changes to the scheme and no additional finance is needed.
Decided: Cabinet agreed to extend the current legal and operational arrangements with Swansea University until 31 December 2026. Subject to the final subsidy control assessment, it agreed that the council will enter a new contract with the wholly owned Joint Venture Company (JVCo), with Swansea University as partner. It noted legal advice on the land disposal and approved a public open space notice for any land that may be public open space, with responses delegated to the Head of Property Services. Subject to no material objections, it approved a 25-year lease to the JVCo for less than best consideration. It delegated finalising the lease terms to the Chief Legal Officer and the Head of Property Services. It agreed that the JVCo will contract with the preferred bidder, from 1 August 2026, on a 10-year term with an optional 5-year extension, with terms agreed by officers acting as JVCo directors.
Decided: The nominees are Cllr Elliott King (Cadle Primary), Sharon Hope (Gorseinon Primary), Dr Katherine Burke (Grange Primary), Rachel Popham (Penyrheol Primary), Gemma Eldridge (Sketty Primary), Folake Ibiwoye (Terrace Road Primary), Amy McCauley (YGG Llynderw) and Daniel Minister (Bishop Vaughan Catholic School).
AGREED, that the next meeting be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, 19th November 2026.
AGREED that the verbal update be received.
AGREED that the verbal update be received.
AGREED that the verbal update be received.
Decided: The Committee agreed its work programme with two changes. A joint workshop with Flintshire's scrutiny committees on the Flintshire and Wrexham Public Service Board (PSB), the partnership of public bodies in the area, will be held in June 2026.
Decided: The Committee agreed three recommendations. It will recommend that Members receive training on Microsoft Teams. It will recommend that the Cost of Living Working Group consider the 4:1 ratio of office or site working to home working as part of its talks on rising fuel and energy costs. It also asked for a further progress update 12 months after the policy was introduced, including measures of its impact and benefits and a breakdown of costs.
Decided: The Committee agreed to invite the Chief Officer Environment & Technical, the Lead Member for Environment, the Chief Officer Social Care and the Lead Member for Children's Services to the 2025/26 revenue outturn item on 25 June 2026. It also agreed that no specific budget pressures will be passed to other scrutiny committees. The minute notes that the Lifelong Learning and Safeguarding, Communities & Well-being committees already monitor high pressures in education and social care.
RESOLVED:- That the Terms of Reference be noted.
RESOLVED: That the Governance and Audit Committee considered the report and obtained satisfactory explanations regarding any areas of concern.
RESOLVED:- (i) That the Governance and Audit Committee considered the processes in place to support the effective management of risks at WCBC. (ii) That the Governance and Audit Committee receive a further update report in May.
RESOLVED:- That the Governance and Audit Work Programme be noted.
RESOLVED:- That the Governance and Audit Development Programme be noted.
RESOLVED:- That the Governance and Audit Committee considered the governance arrangements in place to support the Council’s Change Programme.
RESOLVED: (i) That the Statement of Accounts (Appendix 1) for the financial year 2023/24 were approved. (ii) That the Committee agreed the contents of the management representation letter (Appendix 2).
RESOLVED that the list of forthcoming items to be considered at the next scheduled meeting on the 14th May, 2026 be noted.
Decided: The Committee unanimously received the report. It agreed that future reports should avoid repeated generic wording and instead give clear, specific updates on progress.
Decided: The Committee recommended that Cabinet approve the draft strategy, on condition that a chart showing how progress will be monitored and reported is added.